The Guardian: It’s all eyes on Germany and the eurozone this morning, with fresh data giving an insight into conditions in Europe’s largest economy. It will also indicate whether the European Central Bank will unleash new stimulus measures next week...
Surprisingly, but the majority of ordinary Muslims are not aware of what Islamic financial services are about...
Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, said on Wednesday that French prosecutors had placed her under formal investigation over an obscure business affair that dates back to her work as finance minister under former President Nicolas Sarkozy. Ms...
On Wednesday Asian shares took a cue fom Wall Street and rose with the Nikkei 225 up 0.4% on a slightly stronger dollar and gains in technology shares...
As Alibaba shoppers are now able to claim massive discounts on new homes to help boost sales, China's extraordinary e-commerce boom has hit new heights...
On Tuesday morning, the companies confirmed Warren Buffet’s involvement in financing the transaction, commenting: “Berkshire Hathaway has committed $3 billion of preferred equity financing...
Bloomberg: Jeff Bezos is broadening Amazon.com Inc.'s entertainment ambitions, buying video-game service Twitch Interactive Inc. in one of its biggest-ever acquisitions...
After a year of wrangling and horse trading Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto has finally passed the legislation for his landmark energy reform, which will mark him down as one of the most influential Mexican presidents...
A China antitrust regulator said on Tuesday that Microsoft Corp had not been completely transparent with its sales information on the software it distributes in China, including information on sales of its media player and web browser software...
After some summer unrest, the U.S. equity market is once again hitting fresh peaks, prompting many investors to lament that there are no good values left...
One of the biggest challenges behind Google's modular Project Ara phone platform has been getting processors to play nicely with the technology. How do you let someone swap out the very heart of their device as easily as they would a memory card...
Germany’s economy ministry will approve the sale of utility RWE’s oil and gas unit DEA to a Russian investor despite tensions between Russia and the West over the Ukraine crisis, as Reuters reported, citing two individuals familiar with the matter...
Home Depot announced Thursday that longtime CEO Frank Blake will step down on November 1. He will be replaced by Craig Menear, the company’s current U.S. retail president...
The overall net profits of six out of seven Lebanese banks operating in Syria dropped 54 percent in the first half of 2014 to SYP 2.89 billion, down from SYP 6.35 billion during the same period last year...
Heineken NV Wednesday reported a 1.3% drop in net profit for the first six months of the year as currency movements and divestments weighed on sales, while it expects organic growth to moderate in the second half of the year...
Profits at Syria’s banks plummeted 79.7 per cent in the first half of the year as a conflict raging for more than three years continues to take its toll on the economy...
On July 22, the US House of Representatives passed the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act to prevent Hezbollah — classified as a terrorist organization since 1995 — from gaining access to international financial institutions...
From this week, social media blogging platform Tumblr will start to analyse every photo posted to a Tumblr site to glean information about users’ brand preferences...
Apple Inc.’s stock soared to an all-time high, surpassing a 2012 record as investors look ahead to new products such as bigger-screen iPhones and a wristwatch-like device that may jump-start revenue growth...